You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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Benjamin Disraeli
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About Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, was a British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, his political battles with the Liberal Party leader William Ewart Gladstone, and his one-nation conservatism or "Tory democracy". He made the Conser…
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
War is never a solution it is an aggravation.
What is earnest is not always true on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
Justice is truth in action.
Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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Silence is the mother of truth.
I say that justice is truth in action.
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
I repeat... that all power is a trust that we are accountable for its exercise that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
Travel teaches toleration.
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to gi…
Youth is the trustee of prosperity.
Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of dif…
King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
Success is the child of audacity.
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.